The Bayswater sky was brittle and blue
The nights were crisp and the air was cold
In Soho the streets were dead and dark
We drowned out the tedium in alcohol
Whiskey and coke, we had it for breakfast
With our tea and toast , then we had it for lunch
With pizza and pie, and all of the night
We drank it until we weren’t drunk
From Frenchie’s to the Nellie Dean
From the Doll’s House to Ronnie Scott’s
From the Spice of Life to the Crown and Two
Somewhere our love got lost
Love got lost
Rocking and a-reeling all night
In the morning we fuck and fight
A broken-down dawn
comes calling again
So pull down the blind
and shut out the light
I thought I was there in Soho Square
But I woke up in a squat here in Muswell Hill
The floor is hard the light’s like a hammer
The lonely room is rolling round me still
Whiskey, whiskey and coke
Is said to help folks to forget
Muddy waters with sunken gold
But the past doesn’t want to dissolve
Or I won’t let it
Rocking and a-reeling all night
In the morning we fuck and fight
A broken-down dawn
comes calling again
So pull down the blind
and shut out the light
credits
from the loss and the gain,
released October 9, 2016
Words and music by Steve Roberts
Steve Bruce Roberts: lead vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, backing vocals
Roger Gascon: drums, piano, tambourine, backing vocals
Louis Lambeau: bass
Jay Wallis: trumpet
Ester Umbert: backing vocals
Photo by Steve Roberts
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